Improvement in wire fabrics



G. S. BRA-CHER'.

Wire-Fabric..

No.163 l448. Patentedmayianam.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE` GEORGE STEPHEN BRAOHER, OF OHA'IHAM, NEWJERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN WIRE FABRICS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.'163,448, dated May 18,1875 application filed February 2, 1875.

To alI whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. REAGEER, of Chatham, in the county ofMorris and in the State of N ew Jersey, have invented a new and usefulManufacture, being Perforated Cloth of Wire and Fabric; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a partof this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a breast-pad made out of thefabric. Figs. 2 and 3 represent the cloth as it leaves the loom, muchenlarged.

My invention consists in a new manufacture-that is, in a newfabric-composed of spring-wires, each wire laid with two or more threadsof fiber, and woven so as to produce a reticulated or perforated wireandber cloth. The cloth thus made is then treated with such solutions aswill give it the desired color, sti'ness, and general appearance.

In making my improved manufacture I adopt the following` or anequivalent process. The warp is composed of the fine spring-wires a,each wire being laid with two or more threads, c, of linen, cotton, orother ber. When the Warp is laid the space between each two lines ofwire should be about from onesixteenth to one-quarter of an inch, sothat when the Woof, which is composed of a similarly disposed series ofspringwires and threads, is woven in, there will be square perforationsor reticulations of from about onesixteenth to one-quarter of an inchsquare.

As this cloth is chiefly designed for articles which require to beformed, such as masks, hats, bonnets, bustles, breast-pads, and thelike, it is necessary that the wire used should be tempered or springwire. Vhen used for such purposes the perforated fabric must be stiened,so that the threads and wires may not slip, and so that the fabric mayretain the form given to it.

After the fabric comes from the loom it is dipped or washed in asuitable stiffening or fixing solution, such as ordinary starch. It ispressed by heated dies into the desired form, such as a pair ofbreast-pads, as shown in the drawing. The desired Iinish7 to the fabricmay then be added.

One good finish for the articles above named may be produced by dippingthe pressed article just described into a solutionpof one part ofsilicate of soda, two parts of water, one part of glycerine, and onepart of zinc-White. While still wet the article should be dusted withFrench Hock and soap-stone.v

I do not confine myself to this specific solution, for any otherequivalent solution may be used.

The object to be attained by the nishing solution and dusting is tocover over and conceal the wire and thread, and to give a body and nishto the article, so that it may be vused for the purposes named, Withoutthe addition of any cotton, silk, or other lining'.

The new manufacture of perforated springwire cloth or board thusproduced is light, strong, elastic, well ventilated, and capable ofretaining its shape, these qualities making it well adapted to themanufacture of hats, bon nets, bustles, masks, breast-pads, and numerousother purposes.

The object of this application for a patent is confined to the fabric.In other applications claim will be 'made to the special construction ofthe articles named.

I claim- As a new manufacture, perforated wire

